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On 06/04/2010 09:29, prakash babu wrote:
> I installed cygwin 1.5 using the legacy setup available at
> http://cygwin.com/setup-legacy.exe.
> 
> The install went through fine, but when I click on the cygwin binary i get
> "ntvdm encountered a hard error".

  Whatever you are clicking on is not a binary but contains ASCII text.

  What exactly /are/ you clicking on, anyway?  If it's a cygwin soft-link,
that would explain it; windows can't recognize them.

    cheers,
      DaveK

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